The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-07-29

During the past week j. III. Paul, ESQ.,,
Of Battle Creek, State agent for Messrs.
Stuts & Walker, Goshen, Ind, manufact-
urers of the celebrated Double Centre
Spring Buggies," which. wherever used,
have gained such an enviable reputation
for strength, beauty and riding qualities,
has been exhibiting one of these busgies
to our citizens, inviting them to test its
riding merits, and selecting as local agent
at Owosso, Mr.. A. e. Hartshorn, who will
soon have fine line of these elegant bug
gies on exhibition and for SALE These
buggies are finished in good style. with
spring back and spring-seat cushions, and
trimmings which belong to a first-class
carriage. On this buggy the weight is
suspended from the center OF the axle,
thereby. relieving the side bars of the load
which other springs impose upon them;
with this spring the side.bars serve to make
rigid geer, and which by means of an
equalizer, positively prevents all side or
uneven motion, The buggy seems TO us
from our experience, to justify all that J.
B. Stout, who is well known to many OF
our citizens says of it it in the following
paragraph; II can cheerfully recommend
the Double Centre Spring buggy TO be the
easiest riding and easiest drawing carriage
/ have ever tiscd on the road. | can ride
from morning until night and not feel 1red
Consider myself q judge, as almost live
in carriage. travelling for the American
Eagle Tobacco Co." Persons desiring To-
cal agencies, where local agents are not
already selected, should write Mr.. Paul, at
Battle Creek.
Saginaw Herald; On Monday last when
the surveyors of the Saginaw, Toledo &
Mackinaw railway began their work, they
started from point west of Durand and
close TO that village. They kept at work
on this line all Monday and part of Tues.
day, when j. NJ. Ashley, Jr., arrived on
the scene and said that the surveyors had
got on the wrong track. He hired rig and
started after them but failed to find them,
and another man was sent out to hunt for
them and he found them in q swamp near
Flushing The entire corps of surveyors
were then brought back to Durand and
started on new line from o point two
miles southeast of Durand, where the
Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern leaves the
Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee road.
From this point the line runs to Duffield,
four miles from Durand, where 1t crosses
the Chicago & Grand Trunk. 1t crosses
the Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee
road two miles east of Durand. This sur;
vey leaves Durand out. On the. new line
the surveyors passed Flushing Thursday.
From Flushing to Duffield, the Grand
Trunk crossing, the distance is IA miles.
When the second line was started Durand
people began to grow uneasy, and when
they saw their village passed two miles to
the southeast, they put their heads togeth-
er OH Thursday and concluded TO send
Chas. II. DeCamp, one of their business
men, to interview the Saginaw directors
on the subject. Mr.. DeCamp arrived here
Friday night and yesterday had an inform
al talk With Mr.. w. r. Burt, but he evil
IDENTIFY got but little satisfaction, and left
for home last evening via Owosso. He
believes the reason Mr.. Ashley gave Du-
rand the go-by was on account of grudge
he had against that place for not standing
up to their agreement with the Toledo,
Ann Arbor & Northern road. 1t didn't
pay the notes given, and they are now in
Garrison's bank at Vernon for collection.
According to Mr.. DeCamp, Ashley said
he would some day get even with Durand,
and he now believes that eventful period
of time has arrived. Mr.. Burt, however,
disabused Mr. DeCamp's mind on that
point, He said the new company had no
old grudges against any place, and all they
desired was to get the best line. Durand,
it was stated, mad offered nothing as
an inducement 10 cover the extra cost OF
the line to that point. The line from Sag
inaw to Flushing and then TO Durand is
no straighter than an elbow, and this
doubtless is the reason for the change in
route. On the other hand, glance at the
map will show that the new line from
Flushing to Duffield, to point where It
forms junction with the t., A. A. & N.
road, is perfectly straight, and shortens
the distance some two miles. The ex-
pense of this two miles, and also the dis
advantage of crooked line, is undoubted.
ly the reason for going two miles to the
southeast of Durand. The connection at
Duffield with the Chicago & Grand Trunk
is just as good as could be had at Durand,
and with the Detroit, Grand Haven &
Milwaukee road is more direct on the
route to Detroit.